Picking Out Colors For Your Wedding..AKA The Bane of My Existence At The Moment

Let’s just talk about how picking out colors for your wedding is NOT FUN. You think it’s going to be all fun and inspiring but really…I’m over trying to find the right shades and combinations. I am so sick of wondering if things will match. Everything on these wedding blogs I look at and the magazines I read look so polished and perfect…I NEED MONEY FOR A PROFESSIONAL. While I can match my clothes in the morning and not look like a total slob, I am way out of my league nor do I feel like putting the energy into color palettes and trying to figure out whether tangerine or clementine are the same mothertrucking color!

That being said, we think we narrowed it down…but I keep waffling after I make a decision. Here’s are three options. You let me know what you think, dearest readers, because pretty much I trust you all implicitly forever and always. Clearly we dig the grey.

Grey & Purple

Purple is just so pretty! Also, it was my mom’s favorite color and it might be a good way to honor my mom in a small way that only a few would know. Also, the girls could wear purple and the boys could wear grey and it’s easy peasy. I could probably do purple matching a lot easier.

Grey & Orange

I love how modern and chic these colors are and it would look great with our venue for sure. Also, this was Will’s palette of choice. That being said, I have two concerns.

1. I don’t want it to look fall-ish. Our wedding is in the summer and I want it to be a bright summery and not look like we should be carving pumpkins. Finding the perfect shade of orange is crucial and that extends to a lot of things — flowers, ties, etc. etc.

2. I don’t want the girls to wear orange. I would want them to wear grey because I prefer it over orange. I like the look of the charcoal grey dresses and bright orange flowers. BUT..Will wants the guys to wear grey so we were thinking that we’d have the guys in a lighter grey. BUT WILL THAT MATCH?! I’ve found some inspiration for this idea but not much!

Grey & Yellow

I’m the girl who is obsessed with yellow. I have more yellow clothing than anyone in their whole entire life will ever have. I AM OBSESSED WITH YELLOW AND SUNFLOWERS. I would want the girls to wear grey because they all HATE yellow. But I just wonder if this color would look good in our venue and I know it’s Will’s least favorite.

What think you, friends? Somebody needs to make decisions for me! Because I’ve settled and each one of them at least once!

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Jamie is a 30 year old married lady who is in denial that she's actually that old. When she's not reading you can find her doing Pilates followed by eating ice cream, listening to music with oversized headphones and having adventures with her husband and dog.

I'd go with purple and gray. It's a great combination for summer and I might be a little partial since purple is my favorite color. 🙂 Good luck with the choice. Whatever you choose will be gorgeous I'm sure!

Personally I like the purple. I think the combination with the grey is gorgeous, and there are so many different beautiful shades of it that most everyone will look good in it and everything can be matched well. Plus I love that detail for your mom. =)

I am a professional wedding photographer by day. (pro book blogger by night…ha!) I have seen a ton of grey and yellow. It's definitely very popular right now, and while my own HOUSE is decorated in that color scheme, I am actually most drawn to the grey and orange. Through texture (fun bow ties, socks for the guys, flowers, place settings) and color variations, you will be able to pull this off SUPER well. I think as long as you get the guys and girls in the same tone of grey, you'll be good. You can't have the guys in a French grey and the girls in a cool grey. I also think if you incorporate a lot of white and keep things light and airy, then it won't feel fallish at all. 🙂

I like purple for you because it reminds you of your mom. my sister had purple as her wedding color and we had nice dresses and pretty flowers. I also love yellow and orange flowers, so really you can't go wrong here (I mean you can, but you'd have to work really hard at it!).

Oh! I love them all!! I had a yellow wedding… it was the color of my mom's wedding too. I don't really remember debating much about it either. Which is strange now that I look back on it. I think I just new I wanted HUGE YELLOW GERBER DAISIES… so i went with that. I thought it was kinda cool, it was mom's colors too.

I'm not a grey-liking person at all, but I definitely like the grey and purple the best. I feel like purple is the colour that pops the most against the grey. Good luck, and I'm sure everything will look beautiful no matter what!

I like the grey and orange. I think it's always important to keep the guy involved in some way. I was lucky, my husband wanted brown tuxes and I was thinking of brown anyway! Regardless, try incorporating the other colors in other ways. For example, I loved these invitations that were black and green. So, I got them. Maybe make centerpieces in purple, or mix in some purple flowers, or alternate centerpieces in yellow and purple. It's really not that big of a deal, just as long as you're happy! Orange flowers will be really cool!

So… it's official. We're wedding twins. I got married in June, and my colors were indigo and peach, and the guys wore gray tuxes. I love peach, but I didn't want to force my girls in peach dresses, and Steve's favorite color is orange (I had the same Fall-ish concern), so I made it an orange-y peach, not a pink-y peach, and used it as an accent color.

All are beautiful — I recently went to a grey and yellow wedding — it was beautiful, but from looking at your pictures I like the purple. But you should go with your gut — like I said — they are all pretty.

My daughter is going with apple green and navy blue. Do you KNOW how many different shades of GREEN there are? I think we just have to stop stressing about everything matching PERFECTLY. It will all come together just fine!

I think purple and grey would work best for you guys in terms of compromising, especially since Will wants the guys to wear the grey no matter what…that way the girls can wear purple AND you can honor your mom. Plus it looks great together! But either way, I think all your options are gorgeous 🙂 Do whatever feels right for you guys…whenever you figure that out, hah!

The purple combinatiion is gorgious… however, I have been in 3 weddings, and every single one of them, Purple was a main color. I'm all about being different, but I do love that purple will have special meaning for yours though.

I think my fav is the orange. I dont think you would need to put the guys in a lighter gray. Just give them Orange accents that will match with the girls flowers.

I like the yellow too though. Yellow is my favorite color, but I think the orange just stands out. I think it can be done in a way that doesn't seem fall. :0)

Either way, all three combinations look great. Excited to see what you choose. Gray goes wonderful with everything!

I was lame and just stuck with black and white with a blue accent. Purple and Grey would've been fantastic since purple is my fav color and grey is the fiance's.For you, though, I'm thinking the grey and yellow. The pictures make it look wonderful and if it's one of your fav colors, go for it!

I would recommend purple and grey, because purple is a timeless color. Also… it's almost a neutral these days, so if you had photos hanging in your home, it would go with your decor. Haha. I think of these things. I also think it's sweet that your mother loved purple. That almost makes me teary! Purple is very classy. 🙂

The yellow is very springy, and would be hard to match across the board, and orange would look fallish, I'm afraid (unless you lean more towards a peachy orange).

Just my thoughts! Oh, and you could totally add some silver with the grey to create a little shine!

I loved all three color choices. It really is hard to choose! I like that the purple/gray makes you think of your mom. The orange/gray is so fun.And the yellow/gray is so summery and fresh.You've got a hard decision! I do think the orange and yellow are more summery than the purple. BUT my best friend did purple in June and it was pretty.

definitely purple and grey. My friend had an orange and green wedding and not many people liked it. I think she still did, but not many others liked it. Also, shades of orange don't usually look good together, they usually look like you tried to match and didn't get it to work for you. Purple, on the other hand, has a lot of shades that look really nice together. Purple all the way!

I think the Orange looks too fallish and would be hard to match…Plus…..I think purple and grey are the way to go. I would say yellow since it's your favorite , but you said your fiancee hates it….so yes my vote is totally purple and grey!

I'm in love with the color purple in general, so I'd pick the purple and gray! I think the little picture with the guys in gray suites with purple ties looks very chique! And it's probaby WAY easier to find different pretty shades of purple than orange or yellow 🙂

I'm all sbout purple! I think it would look awesome with the grey! But I also like yellow- but I just went to a wedding with yellow and you have to be careful beause a few of the bridesmaids (out of nine) looked super tacky! Best of luck! 🙂

Okay of all your choices above I love the grey and purple because the colours look so pretty together, you mentioned it could honour your Mom (I love that) and your girls can wear purple while the guys wear grey.

My second choice is the grey and yellow – I love this look. I even considered it, but changed my mind as it didn't really work with our date and venue.

And the orange just doesn't do it for me mixed with grey. I guess if the right shade of orange is picked it could work.